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We are now looking to


improve root development and mass, whilst introducing a better environment for the f iner bent grasses to thrive


and he too has noticed the changes in weather patterns. “I think climate change is occurring. When I was younger, summer was in summer! Now, down here, it can be baking hot any time from April onwards. Seasons are coming earlier and they are defi nitely wetter. We have had some of the wettest winters in memory. The last two winters were absolutely shocking, with the course closing because of rain almost every day. But we have done what we can to work with the


changing weather patterns and to try and keep the course open as much as possible. If the golfers cannot play golf, they do not rejoin, and we do not get paid. We have also experienced a lot higher winds which have taken out a lot of the fi r trees. Over the years, they have steadily been blown down one by one to the point that what is left are skeletons; they look awful. I have been saying for a while now we just need to get rid of what is remaining, so this year we took


them out and removed the roots. Hopefully, this will give us a little bit less chainsaw work over the winter.”


Vince talks me through the weekly maintenance programme around the course. “Throughout the summer, we cut the greens at 3.5mm. As a greenkeeper, you want to keep a bit of protection on them, but when people start to say they are slow, especially leading up to golf week, we will drop them down to 3mm.”


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